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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies






2. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






3. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?






4. Where can you get more vitamin D?






5. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?






6. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






7. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?






8. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






9. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






10. What is RDA of protein?






11. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






12. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease






13. How much milk is to be consumed per day?






14. What are healthy sources of fats?






15. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






16. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs






17. Name six sources of grains






18. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet






19. How much grains are to be eaten per day?






20. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy






21. What type of people need extra protein?






22. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?






23. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?






24. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?






25. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?






26. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?






27. What is the function of vitamin C?






28. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?






29. What function is vitamin D?






30. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?






31. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






32. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






33. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






34. When does BMR decrease?






35. What is the function of vitamin E?






36. When does BMR increase?






37. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






38. What foods have high quality protein?






39. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value






40. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






41. How many calories/gram is protein?






42. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems






43. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value






44. What is normal BMI?






45. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?






46. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency






47. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?






48. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






49. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?






50. What does DASH stand for?